A surgical operation whereby the foetus, which can neither make its way into the world by the ordinary and natural passage, nor be extracted by the attempts of art, whether […]

In Spanish law. An assignee. White, New Recop. b. 3, tit. 10, c. 1,

In practice . Au obsolete writ, which could formerly have been sued out when the defendant had for two years ceased or neglected to perform such service or to pay […]

(1) An assessment or tax; (2) a tenant of land was said to ccsse when he neglected or ccascd to perform the services due to the lord. Co. Litt. 373a, […]

Neglect; a ceasing from, or omission to do, a thing. 3 Bl. Comm. 232. The determination of an estate. 1 Coke, 84; 4 Kent, Comm. 33, 90, 105, 295. The […]

Where terms for years are raised by settlement, it is usual to introduce a proviso that they shall crane when the trusts end. This proviso generally expresses three events: (1) […]

(Let execution stay.) In practice . A stay of execution ; or an order for such stay; the entry of such stay on record. 2 Tidd, Pr. 1104.

(Let process stay.) A stay of proceedings entered on the record .

Lat. A cession; a giving up, or relinquishment ; a surrender; an assignment

In Roman law. Cession of goods. A surrender, relinquishment , or assignment of all his property and effects made by an insolvent debtor for the benefit of his creditors. The […]

In Roman law. A fictitious suit, in which the person who was to acquire the thing claimed (vindicabat) the filing as his own, the person who was to transfer it […]

The act of ceding; a yielding or giving up; surrender; relinquishment of property or rights. In the civil law . An assignment . The act by which a party transfers […]

In French law . The surrender which a debtor makes of all his goods to his creditors, when he finds himself In insolvent circumstances . It is of two kinds, […]

In Scotch law. An assignee. Bell.

One who gives up his estate to be divided among his creditors.

An assessment, or tax.

One who ceases or neglects so long to perform a duty that he thereby incurs the danger of the law. O. N. B. 136.

L. Fr. A receiver; a bailiff. Kelham. C’ EST ASCAVOIR . L. Fr. That is to say, or to-wit. Generally written as one word, cestascavoir, cestascavoire. C’est le crime qui […]

He who has a right to a beneficial interest in and out of an estate the legal title to which is vested in another. 2 Waslib. Real Prop. 163. The […]

He for whose use and benefit lands or tenements are held by another. The cestui que use has the right to receive the profits and benefits of the estate, but […]

He whose life is the measure of the duration of an estate. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 88. The person for whose life any lands, tenements, or hereditaments are held. Cestuy […]

He. Used frequently in composition in law French phrases

That may be chased or hunted.

To drive, compel, or oblige; also to chase or hunt.

A horse for the chase, or a hound, dog, or courser